How Do Forms Work?

Various factors affect how the browser displays a form. However, form
behavior within the browser is primarily determined by:

View associated with the form.
All forms are used with views. The most common view used with forms is the
user view. The view defines the data that is available when the form is evaluated.

Undefined attributes. The
Tabbed User Form provides a mechanism for automatically generating text fields
to edit resource account attributes for which fields are not explicitly defined.
You can disable this feature in the form.

How forms interact with other Identity Manager components. This includes the process by which Identity Manager evaluates
the form, or form evaluation. All form-driven pages are
processed similarly. For an overview of how Identity Manager evaluates a form,
see Form Evaluation in this chapter.

Display components used in the form.
Form fields can be associated with a display component that determines how
the field is displayed in the browser.